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Way to go Rosie!!! Growing up, I immersed myself in art to cope with the dysfunction at home and my need to express my individuality. I wasn't allowed a sense of self and only by my creativity in art did I seem to stay somewhat sane! Later in life it has given me an opportunity to relieve my...

Welcome oceancitygirl! When I first came to the forum, I found that the articles about PTSD helped sort out why I was feeling the way I was. (anxious, confused, nightmares, lack of sleep, etc...) After absorbing that information, I went to reading the posts on questions I had as to why I had...

Looking at one's history all at once causes anxiety and confusion. You are really brave to have opened up with the things you have experienced. As others have said already, don't let your feelings cause you to stop looking for a place to process your pain. This forum is just the place to open...

Welcome and glad you stopped "lurking" and registered! :) lol This site has so much to offer you while you are learning about PTSD. I have found this sight to be informative and compassionate without the judgments. We are here to support each other in a kind and truthful environment by...

I hope when you read this post, you have had a wonderful, uneventful, power sleeping night and have opened your eyes to a new day full of positive possibilities. What can we do in the next few hours, then the next? If I'm still depressed and grieving can I do something positive to make a mood...

Trust for me is not about trusting others anymore. Trust is about trusting myself in spite of what others "may do to me". I must trust myself and not care what others choose to do with my trust, whether it be staying honest with me or spitting in my face. I try not to put myself into...

Welcome Marsha! Please know that you are in a safe place to share your questions and experiences. No one here will judge, you have a place now to process what is making you feel so confused and guilty. It helps to know that their are others that have gone through similar circumstances, and...

I was taught by my therapist that you should give back your shame to the one whom it belongs to. When I get triggered about past abuse, I scream in my head "I give you back your shame! This shame is not mine, it's yours (name)." I learned that we (abused people) have a lot of shame due to...

I married late in years compared to those I grew up with. I was 26 and thought I had my sh*t together. WRONG!!! The good news is that we have been together for 23 years each having serious traumas to work through. We are both addicts (recovering), both have very disfunctional families, and...

Welcome to the forum Johnnyboy. I think you will find this place to be helpful in allowing others in while you process your trauma. I had the hardest time with that, and sometimes still do. I feel like I am able to have a trusting nature since I've been here. I have felt anxious about...

I too used alcohol and drugs to control my symptoms. I kept saying that if the doctors would only give me the meds to calm my brain and body, I wouldn't have to use. I really believed that for many years. What I found to be the truth was that the longer I used, the less it worked and the...

I like how Akita put it, it doesn't feel like anything until I am told I am doing it. Then it feels confusing and scary. I try to remember and most of the time I am not able to put a trigger or event that caused it. Sometimes I can but only if I've been in that state for over 30 minutes. I...

I have to make my resolutions simple... For 2010 my resolution is "what"?

For someone who is very weak in computer skills, this change has been amazing! I have found more information and articles of interest in the last 3 days than I did for the last 3 months. Thanks so much for the change and for all those involved in the process! I feel much less intimidated and...

So glad to hear that you are still with us! Sorry about your hospital stay. In the past when I went into any kind of treatment, I tried to look at it as a vacation with meds and a bed! Know that sounds so silly but it helped my attitude about what I was trying to do with myself...get better...

My husband and I both have had traumatic childhoods. When I told him of my child sexual abuse, I felt like he had the right to know this information if he wanted to continue our relationship(we were just dating at the time.) His response was silence and lots of hugs and kisses. He knew how to...

I have been diagnosed with clinical depression, bi-polar, obsessive/compulsive thinking. I take 3 different medicines daily to control symptoms. I still have bouts of way low depression, then swing to manic where I sleep little to none. There are nights when my sleep meds don't work even...

You got a strong pimp hand Ghost!

Hey there Ghost...keep truckin' on that pain train..whoo whoo!!LOL

Hey there girl!!! Glad you are OK and hope computer gets up and running soon! Also glad to hear you still have your butt! LOL...:Hug_emoticon:

What a great job Anthony and all those who helped!!! Can't wait to begin posting and using the NEW forum. Thanks for all your hard work so that we can better express ourselves and gain useful information on our PTSD problems. Your the BEST!! :clap::clap::clap:

I know exactly where you are at in your addiction recovery Seaworthy. What I had to do was to find an OPEN meeting of AA where you may discuss any addiction you are suffering. I still had to screen the suggestions I heard in order to get answers for myself. In the 14 years of attending...

Hey there Lemon... So glad to welcome another survivor and fighter to this forum. Times have changed in the health field over the last 20 years...thank God is right!! I've always had the feeling that when I tried to explain my symptoms, history and pain that I couldn't describe things very...

Hey Patrish and welcome... My mind races almost constantly and usually the thoughts are things I don't have an answer for. I usually just put them back into their box until the surface again looking for an answer. Part of PTSD, as I understand it, involves that nasty racing mind symptom. We...

Hello seaworthy and welcome.. I hear what you are saying about your addiction and your fragmenting. I have been there and still continue to attend meetings 2-3 times/week. I have 14 years sober Jan 1. I hear what you are saying about people in your meeting who can't understand what's...